The awards cover the 12-month spell from the start of last year's international summer in May to the end of the just-completed World Twenty20.

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For Davies, who won the SAS Masters in Norway last month, it was a sixth second place in Europe this summer and means she has bolstered her hopes of clinching a record seventh New Star Order of Merit title.

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Researchers this month announced they discovered CTE in the brain of Junior Seau, who killed himself last summer.

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Sony announced its Playstation 4 last month, and Microsoft is expected to follow suit with the successor to the Xbox 360 around E3 in the summer.

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O'Connor missed the majority of last season after undergoing two hip operations, but then signed a new six-month deal with Birmingham in the summer in a bid to prove his fitness.

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